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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1018 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2012

...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...

SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE GULF WATERS
AND EXTENDS FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO 25N90W TO THE BAY OF
CAMPECHE AT 19N94W. THE TROUGH WILL SLOWLY DISSIPATE AS IT MOVES
W ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF THROUGH TUE NIGHT. A WEAK RIDGE WILL
DOMINATE THE GULF THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. THE
NORTHERN PORTION OF A TROPICAL WAVE MAY MOVE INTO THE FAR SE
GULF EARLY THU...THEN MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN YUCATAN PENINSULA
LATE THU AND FRI. 

.OVERNIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.TUE...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.TUE NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED...SE TO S WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.WED NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE 10 TO 15 KT
LATE. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
.THU...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A 1019 MB HIGH PRES LOCATED NEAR 27N65W DOMINATES
THE AREA AND WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH TUE NIGHT.
THEN... THE ATLC RIDGE WILL BUILD W AND INTENSIFY...BRINGING
SOME INCREASE IN WINDS AND SEAS MAINLY S OF 23N LATE WED THROUGH
FRI. THE NORTHERN PORTION OF A TROPICAL WAVE WILL PASS ACROSS
THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL
CUBA WED AND WED NIGHT...AND EXIT THE FAR SW WATERS LATE WED
NIGHT INTO THU.  

.OVERNIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING S TO SW 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.TUE...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND S TO SW 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE TO S
10 TO 15 KT LATE. N OF 27N...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2
TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.WED...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.